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... Fluids . 56. WHEN a body is wholly or partially immersed in a fluid , it is a general principle of Hydrostatics that the resultant pressure of the fluid on the surface of the body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced . This ...
... Fluids . 56. WHEN a body is wholly or partially immersed in a fluid , it is a general principle of Hydrostatics that the resultant pressure of the fluid on the surface of the body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced . This ...
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... fluid to become solid . The pressure at each point of its surface will still be the same as it was at the same point ... displaced by A and acts vertically upwards through the centre of gravity of this displaced fluid . This principle we ...
... fluid to become solid . The pressure at each point of its surface will still be the same as it was at the same point ... displaced by A and acts vertically upwards through the centre of gravity of this displaced fluid . This principle we ...
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... fluid displaced are in the same vertical line . These are the conditions of equilibrium . Note . A difficulty often occurs with beginners in conceiving how a solid body can be in equilibrium in the midst of a fluid , neither rising to ...
... fluid displaced are in the same vertical line . These are the conditions of equilibrium . Note . A difficulty often occurs with beginners in conceiving how a solid body can be in equilibrium in the midst of a fluid , neither rising to ...
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... fluid displaced and acting vertically upwards through the centre of gravity of the fluid displaced : ( and these two centres of gravity coinciding ) therefore ( 3 ) must act ( see Statics , Art . 44 ) upwards in the ver- tical line ...
... fluid displaced and acting vertically upwards through the centre of gravity of the fluid displaced : ( and these two centres of gravity coinciding ) therefore ( 3 ) must act ( see Statics , Art . 44 ) upwards in the ver- tical line ...
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... fluid are the same as on the surface BCD , we see that the resultant pressure of the fluid on the floating body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced , and acts vertically upwards through the centre of gravity of the displaced fluid ...
... fluid are the same as on the surface BCD , we see that the resultant pressure of the fluid on the floating body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced , and acts vertically upwards through the centre of gravity of the displaced fluid ...
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air in CQ atmospheric pressure axis barrel become solid body bottom Cambridge Centigrade centre of gravity Cheltenham College column of mercury compressed containing cork Crown 8vo cubic foot cubic inches cylinder depth displaced fluid English Notes equal volume equilibrium Fahrenheit find the pressure find the specific find the weight fluid at rest fluid displaced fluid of uniform fluid pressure foot of water force Hence Henry's First Latin High Street horizontal plane horizontal section hydrometer Hydrostatic Hydrostatic Balance John Henry Blunt late Fellow number of degrees Oxford Pall Mall particles pipe piston pressure at point pressure of atmosphere Second Edition shew sink siphon Small 8vo specific gravity square inch string substance weigh Thermometer Thomas Kerchever Arnold Thucydides Trinity College Trinity Street tube uniform density unit of specific unit of volume unit of weight valve water weighs 1000 Waterloo Place weighing 1000 oz weight of fluid
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